Legal Ethics: Solutions to Advanced Challenges

Agenda / Content Covered

1. Challenges When Handling Nightmare Clients
   10:00 - 10:30, Cari L. Sheehan
2. Ethics, Technology, and Social Media: Advanced Issues and Strategies
   10:30 - 11:00, Cari L. Sheehan
3. Multi-Jurisdictional Practice Ethics: Top Challenges and Hidden Dangers
   11:00 - 11:20, Cari L. Sheehan
4. Overcoming Difficulties With Conflicts of Interest
   11:20 - 11:45, Cari L. Sheehan
5. Attorneys' Fees - Top Challenges
   12:00 - 12:20, Cari L. Sheehan
   1. Pricing Your Legal Services: Effective Billing Structures
   2. Dos and Don'ts of Engagement Agreements
   3. Changing Client Contracts After Engagement - Avoiding Legal Landmines
   4. Issues With Client Trust Accounts
   5. Dealing With Financially Distressed Client
   6. Effective and Ethical Fee Collection: Advanced Tactics
   7. Resolving Fee Disputes: Key Hurdles
6. Today's Top Confidentiality Landmines
   12:20 - 12:45, Cari L. Sheehan
7. The Top 10 Mistakes That Land Attorneys in Hot Water - and How to Avoid Them
   12:45 - 1:15, Cari L. Sheehan

Accreditation Details:

Cari L. Sheehan is an assistant clinical professor of business law and ethics with the IU Kelley School of Business - Indianapolis, where she teaches courses in business law and ethics. In addition, Ms. Sheehan teaches courses at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law - Indianapolis, including torts and appellate practice and procedure. Ms. Sheehan graduated cum laude from the University of Southern Indiana with a B.A. degree, and earned her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty at the IU Kelley School of Business - Indianapolis, Ms. Sheehan worked as a professional responsibility attorney at Barnes & Thornburg, LLP in its Indianapolis office. Ms. Sheehan's practice focused on various legal ethics and professional responsibility issues. In addition, she worked as an adjunct professor at Butler University in the Lacy School of Business. Ms. Sheehan is admitted to practice in Indiana and Illinois. She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern districts of Indiana, U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern districts of Illinois, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana and Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.